Suns Insider Shuts Down James Harden Rumors

The Phoenix Suns have become a premier destination in the NBA - with factors such as weather, quality of life, a recent winning structure and superstars to help push a franchise to an NBA Finals title for the first time.

As such, there's going to be a flurry of rumors around the team and potential players who can still join, though the Suns' roster is mostly full.

However, new owner Mat Ishbia has shown he'll do whatever it takes to assemble the best team possible. That's left the door open for plenty of talk about the Suns adding whoever is the flavor of the month.

After putting Paul George rumors to rest, Suns insider John Gambadoro again went to work in deflecting any interest Phoenix may have had in James Harden.

"Please 🙏 stop bombarding me with these ridiculous James Harden rumors. I shot this down on June 9th - said zero percent chance. I don’t know who/where these rumors are coming from /maybe stop following these people? No chance! Never was a chance. Suns never were interested!" said Gambo in a Tweet.

Please 🙏 stop bombarding me with these ridiculous James Harden rumors. I shot this down on June 9th - said zero percent chance. I don’t know who/where these rumors are coming from /maybe stop following these people? No chance! Never was a chance. Suns never were interested!
— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) July 12, 2023

Harden to Phoenix rumors have mostly been peddled by a Twitter account by the name of DColdest.

James Harden as of now has a better chance of happening. The PG13 talks are a bit tricky compared to the Harden talks. Obviously either of these trades would have to be a multi team trade for all sides to be satisfied.
— DColdest (@DColdestt) July 10, 2023

However, they aren't the first people to connect Harden and the Suns. NBA TV's Brian Geltzeiler back in May tweeted, "With free agency pending for James Harden, I’m hearing there is another team prominently on is radar in addition to Houston. That team is the Phoenix Suns."

When talks of the Suns waiving Chris Paul were prominent prior to his trade, ESPN's Ramona Shelburne said: “The Phoenix Suns don’t waive Chris Paul] unless they feel pretty good about somebody else. And I want you to keep your eye on James Harden. I don’t want to report anything, but that was in the wind for the past month or so," she said.

So there's certainly been some familiar dots connected in the Harden-to-Phoenix realm, though arguably the most plugged in Suns insider says that isn't a possibility.